Jenna M. Lang edited General notes on bacterial systematics.md  almost 10 years ago

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##Node  These are the points where branches connect.  ##Clade  A clade is a group of organism that share a common ancestor. Every node in the tree defines a unique clade.  ##Bootstrap support  This is a number, usually expressed on a scale of 0-100, but occasionally on a scale of 0-1, that provides an estimate of the confidence that a particular node defines a "true" clade, i.e., this specific group of organisms actually shares a common ancestor.  ##Monophyletic clade  If every representative of a species is found in one single clade, and no representatives of that species are found outside of that clade, then that is a monophyletic clade. The concept of monophyly is important because all species should represent monophyletic groupings. If all species are not found  in a node.  ##Monophyly  ##Outgroup  ##Rooting monophyletic group, then taxonomic revision of that species is in order. Unfortunately for bacterial species, taxonomic revision is frequently in order.  ##Rooting/Outgroup Selection  The root is at the base of the tree, and is determined by the designation of an outgroup. The outgroup is an organism that you are confident is most distantly related to everything else in your tree. Outgroup selection is not a trivial task, but to simplify it here, we suggest always using an Archaeal 16S sequence as your outgroup.